The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-29
SOUTH CAROLINA,

devoured at Columbia last week.
At Ninety-six Ralf McGee was stabbed in
the neck and killed by his son, Yancey Nc
Gee, Wednesday night on his way to church.
There is chalk bed on George Salley's
place, on the line of the new railroad from
| Blachville. which is said to be 81 feet deep
and of the purest quality. When the rail
road reaches it the bed will be developed by
| ample capital.
The regular meeting of the State Board of
| Examiners will be held in the Office of the
Superintendent of Education at Columbia,
at II O'Clock, Sept. Z. Those intending to
apply for State certificates of qualification
should notify Supt Rice before Sept. 6.
Men are blasting the rock and laying the
| foundation for mill on Second Broad
| river, in Rutherford county, about ten
miles east of Rutherford, and near the line
| of the two railroads. 1t is a fine water
power, the river being about as large as
| Pacolet at Clifton.
| 1t has been ascertained by actual calcula-
| ton that over $50 900 worth Of improve
| ments have been made in Sumter since Jan
| ! up to the present time, and the indica-
! tions are that twice that amount will be
| added to the material wealth of the city by
| the end of the year.
| The following personal property has been
| returned to the Auditor for taxes in MARI
| boro county; 1,0S3 horses, 1,6l6 head of cat
| tie, 1,627 mules and asses, 1872 sheep and
| goats, !, 1884 head of hogs, 304 gold and sill
| yer watches, l73 pianos and organs, 2,27l
pleasure carriages, 702 dogs. Merchandise,
| $67l $50.
| Arthur Gibbons, q colored man, was Bit
ten by a snake last Saturday night near the
| residence of r. III. Hurst, at Kingstree, who
| gave him whisky and other remedies, and
| killed frog cut it open and applied it to
the wound. His foot and leg were badly
| swollen, but he is better. 1t is thought he
was bitten by a moccasin.
| 1t has been for some time past the opinion
| of large number of people in Sumter that
the water works question had died natural
| death, but the prompt and decisive action
| of the Council last night in signing con-
| tract with Mr.. w. A. Jeter, President of the
Jeter & Boardman Gas and Water Associa-
ton, of Brunswick, Ga, has happily dissi-
| pated all such impressions.
| At Spartanburg the building committee
| of the Presbyterian church have let out the
| contract for their new house to Eugene
| Tester, a young mechanic. Work will be
| commenced at an early day. The house is
to be 52x100 feet, and will cost SS,0 900 when
| finished. There will be an end gallery for
the audience and an organ loft over the
5 gop''' D' ''''i's 'ap'''''y wiz DC "00u'
| The corn in the Savannah river swamp
| farms in Anderson county, is said to look as
| II killing frost had passed over it, and
cotton is in the same condition. The stencil
arising from the corn and other vegetable
matter now undergoing fermentation and
decomposition is said to be terrible. The
horrible smell is waited long distance, and
| fears are entertained that it may create
| sickness.
| At Union, Monday. Judge Wallace issued
| an order that Jones, the triple murderer of
| Edgefield county, should be admitted to
bail upon filing bond for $4,000 under the
act OF 1884 which allows bail in such cases
to be given without leaving anything to the
discretion of the Judge, except the amount
of the bond. 1t is safe to say"that but for
! the aforesaid act of the Legislature the
order would not have been granted
Chester. perhaps. can boast of the oldest
| person in the county. if not in the State.
| Sarah Ann Worthy. colored. now living in
| Chester. is 1O2 wears old. She is the mother
of eighteen children, sixteen sons and two
daughters. The sons are all living. The old
negress is in a good state of preservation for
one of her years. She walked fifteen miles
in one day few weeks ago. She loves to
| talk of the olden times. She shook hands
with President Monroe.
The Governor respited Caesar White. who
| was to have been hung in WaIterboro on
| Friday. White was convicted last winter
| of the murder of a peddler for the purnose
of robbery. He has been respited until
Sept. so. The ATTORNEYS did not amply for q
| respite until il was too late for the Governor
| TO investigate the case before the time of
| execution. This is the old trick. and has
| been successful several times Unless the
| Governor is familiar with the circumstances
| of case he will not risk mistake when a
respite is applied for at the last moment
l. At Greenyille Tuesday. an important
civil case was heard in tbs Federal Cont
| II was an application by Moore s. Sinott,
Augusta. for a writ of mandamus against
the Town Council of Edpefeld to comneI
it to levy a tax to paw certain costs aud
| intnrests ipon fine bonds of fine Edgefield
branch railroad now held NV the nefition-
ers The amount involved is an ORIGINAL
debt of Al $40 so with interest from Ian /,
1884 upon commons and annual installn1ents
Argument was heard from Col r. w
| Shand from petitioners and from Mai
| Ernest Gary for the Town Council JudCe
| Simonton reserved his decision
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